流行新词汉译的形象化与概念化

随着网络技术的迅猛发展,新事物、新现象和新概念层出不穷,一时间冒出来许多新鲜译名,如博客(B log)、播客(Podcast)、对决(PK)等词,由此引发了译名是否要整齐划一化的争论,虽然译界一再强调的是翻译规范化,但译文的整齐划一化促进的到底是对原语的理解还是汉语规范化?文章从翻译的形象化与概念化这两个方面进行系统分析后,得出结论认为流行新词在一定历史时期可以一词二译,不过要视原文的语境和风格而定,选用形象化音译可保留时代流行语言的特色,另一方面,采用概念化意译可保留表意准确性语言的特色。

Visualization and Conceptualization of Translating the Popular English Neologisms

Although translators always show a big concern about the uniform translation,journals and internet are flooded with up-to-date translated terms like Blog,Podcast,PKetc.Does the so-called uniform translation really promote the understanding of the source language or just to standardize Chinese? After a detailed analysis from the aspects of the visualization and conceptualization of translation,this study concludes that two different translated terms of one neologism can coexist regardless of their di...